The Confidence Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 7,070 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,070 Feet (2,155 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.64583, -111.66528
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Confidence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence Mine
Secondary: Bachelor Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. A. Parry
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: North Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 30% PB, 7% CU
Analytical Data: SHIPMENT ASSAY 100-150 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): LEASERS MINED A LITTLE ORE IN 1931, A SMALL LOT WAS SHIPED IN 1932
Comment (Deposit): THIS DEPOSIT WAS FORMED BY THE INTRUSION OF THIN DIORITE SILLS INTO THE LIMESTONE COUNTRY ROCK
Comment (Location): ANOTHER TUNNEL LIES 200 FT. SW OF THIS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Workings): THE LOWER ADIT IS APPROXIMATELY 220 FT. IN LENGTH. THE UPPER ADIT IS 600 FT. IN LENGTH WITH TWO WINZES LOCATED AT 100 FT. AND 550 FT. FROM THE PORTAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSISTS, AND HISTROY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT SALT ALKE CO. UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MINERAL SURV. BULL. 114.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D. JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT AIRE QUADRANGLE, SALT LAKE CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP GQ-379
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND B.S. BUTLER, 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: US. GEOL. SURY PROF. PAPER 201
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 111
Reference (Production): JAMES, L.P., 1979, P. 55-56
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